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J**T
Great Resource for the "Off the Grid" Info Junkie!
When your goal is to live Sustainably one primary concern is staying connected. It's one thing to step back to "Little House on the Prairie" days, but with this book you can unplug from cable dependency and support your 'information junkie' needs at the same time. This book, written in a plain, easy-to-understand way helps you to understand the FTA system already in place as well as how to easily tap into it. Photo is my work to setup the FTA Satellite dish.
C**S
Too little satellite dish and receiver info.
There was a lot of introductory tech material on tools, cables, tv's etc. but only two chapters on what I bought the book for. I skimmed all but the receiver discussion and still felt lost shopping for one. I put up my own BUD and did analog C-band in the 90's but it is all quite different now.
G**S
Book as advertised
Fast shipping.
J**A
good book on how to build it
Good book on how to build your sat system, unfortunately, when I got it working, I found out there very few KU channels left. They have been removed. What is left you need either KA or the big dish. They don't tell you that on the you tube videos.
C**.
Five Stars
Good book i will have fun with this project.
K**R
Not a complete waste of time and money, but close
Book is long on talk, short on concrete information and examples. References are dated and of little help. On the plus side the book does give you a broad brush look at what potential lies in a satellite system.Unfortunately the book does not provide enough information for a novice or even mid-tech person to build your own system.I recommend a pass or see if your local library might have one
F**R
Very understandable and well explained. I highly recommend it.
I wanted to learn about FTA and evaluate then the possibilities / advantages to start in that line. As an ignorant of this subject I was looking for a book that could explain in plain English what is all about FTA. This book fulfilled my expectations and convinced me to join into this hobbie.Thank you Dennis!
B**E
build your own free-to-air (FTA Satellite TV System
Not much useful information. If you are a complete beginner, and don't know a phillips screwdriver from a Torx , then maybe.I also didn't buy it to install a dish on my motorhome. Not much technical data. I thought it might have data on sizing a dish for various locations, based on radiation foot prints , etc. ... It Didn't. Google is far more informative than this book.NB:"Be detailed and specific." This book is not worth that much effort.
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